Quotes from RuPaul

It's very easy to look at the world and think this is all so cruel and so mean. It's important to not become bitter from it.

I dance to the beat of a different drummer.

The number one taboo for boys is to be feminine, so for someone to not only override their internal directive but society's directive is mind-boggling and heroic. It's courageous.

Life is not to be taken seriously.

Drag is involved with changing identities and not taking identities too seriously at all. That's why drag is such a hard sell to a network - or anyone, really - because it's up against the ego.

True wealth is having a healthy mind, body, and spirit. True wealth is having the knowledge to maneuver and navigate the mental obstacles that inhibit your ability to soar.

When I go out, I'm always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be 'on.' Just in case somebody's going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I'm prepared to service the public.

Drag queens have always taken on that role of spilling the tea - and the tea is the emperor has no clothes!

Don't take life too seriously.

Through my observations, it became clear that most of society's rules and customs are rooted in fear and superstition!

Style is a celebratory expression of your life force. You must approach it with a sense of joie de vivre.

Don't take life too seriously and have fun. Don't waste your time on things that your ego will try and convince you are important.

I always did what I thought was interesting. I always just did what caught my fantasy. Looking like a woman, that was never the criteria for me. It was always to do drag. And drag is not gender-specific. Drag is just drag. It's exaggeration.

Honestly, it's important to not take this whole process of life on this planet too seriously. And you need games to remind you that every aspect of your experience on this planet is a game. And you have to be a good sport. You have to strategize, and you have to have fun.

For both men and women, an eyelash curler is a must. It gives your eye the appearance of being well-rested and wide open.

That is the key to navigating this life - don't take it too seriously. That's when the party begins.

The greatest truths in life are the ones your fellow queens are willing to tell you.

SOmetimes life isn't fair, and straight people are straight up crazy.

Drag breaks the fourth wall, which is why it's never been quite accepted, because nobody wants to be told that they are really a caricature of themself and to not take yourself too seriously.

There's not another lip-synch song on the planet, in the history of lip-synching songs, that has been lip-synched more than 'I Will Survive.'

The secret of success in every field is redefining what success means to you. It can't be your parent's definition, the media's definition, or your neighbor's definition. Otherwise, success will never satisfy you.

Life is about using the whole box of crayons.

My life is so much better, it's so much more enriched if I make the effort, if I actually celebrate with gladitude the fact that I get to be on this gorgeous planet.

We encrypt 'Drag Race' with the secret language that kept gay people linked for many years before the '80s.